The Sunday Pit

In 7 years of teaching, I've never felt this way. I actually don't have the "Sunday pit", as my friend Molly described. The deep pit in your stomach on Sunday night, knowing that school is tomorrow. As a student, the pit was always "I tried hard not to do my homework on Sunday but now I'm in for it and will probably fail that test tomorrow!!!" (Or project, or paper, etc..). Now as a teacher, it's the pit that is always, "I tried hard not to work over the weekend and now I'm not ready to teach for the week!". And then the woes of wishing the weekend would have been more eventful, fun, or exciting. But it's crazy, I don't have the pit today. I started back at work this past Thursday and the students come on Wednesday and I am actually...excited. The summer has been long, and at times boring. Weird. I had a good summer though...I moved, I worked a bit on my thesis, and spent quality time with family and friends. I'm ready for a schedule now, though...ready to hit some goals of weight loss and working hard once more. I think I do much better when I am busy. Yeah for school! Sure hope I have a good bunch this year...here's praying.